Middle East: "God Is Shaking Things Up"

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Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 9 September 2016

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

"Brother James" works to reach Muslims and train believers to plant churches in the Middle East, a place where choosing to follow Christ comes with a high cost. This week he shares with us how God is shaking things up in that region—both inside the church and inside the hearts of Muslims—to spread the gospel and draw more Muslims to Christ. James will also share the challenges of his work, and how he and his Operation Mobilization coworkers identify those God is calling to the difficult, sometimes dangerous work of planting churches in that Islamic region. The Middle East is beset by bloodshed and hardship, but James tells us God is redeeming even evil activities in the region to advance His Kingdom. Be ready to add to your prayer list and to consider how you can reach out to Muslims in your city, this week on VOM Radio. Photo credit: "Librarian" by Michał Huniewicz is licensed under CC BY 2.0 https://www.flickr.com/photos/m1key-me/14764185168/

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0:00.0	A gospel worker will call Brother James works with teams to spread the gospel in Syria, Iraq, Jordan, and Lebanon.
0:08.0	In this area, the harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.
0:13.4	We have like 19 provinces where there are absolutely no churches.
0:18.5	Jesus commanded us as he looked out and he saw vast fields in need, he commanded us to pray for workers.
0:25.0	In the face of a population of 24 million people that live in those areas,
0:29.0	it is a very vast field and there are no workers in those provinces.
0:35.0	Jesus never promised his followers an easy path.
0:40.0	In fact, he told his disciples that the world would hate them.
0:43.5	He sent them out as sheep among wolves.
0:46.4	Jesus's words came true in the life of the Apostles,
0:49.4	and they're still coming true today
0:51.2	in the lives of his followers around the world.
0:53.7	Join host Todd Nettleton's, we hear their inspiring stories and learn how we can help.
0:58.6	Right now on the Voice of the Martyrs Radio Network.
1:01.8	Welcome again to the Voice of the Martyrs Radio. My name is Todd Nettleton
1:05.0	and we are in the studio today with a gospel worker
1:09.0	active in the Middle East, as we often do here on V-O-M radio. We're just going to use one name
1:14.2	because we want to protect his security and protect his identity. So we're just
1:19.7	going to call him Brother James. Brother James is a worker with Operation Mobilization. He's lived
1:25.8	in the Middle East for more than a decade. He's lived in several of different countries there,
1:30.1	knows the area very well.
1:32.6	Brother James, welcome to Voice the Martyr's radio.
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